New Ulm weekly review., 1887-03-02
NEWS FROM N. !. CONGRESS.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Senator Plumb, from the committee on pub
dc lands to-day reported the senate bill for
the relief of purchasers and other grantees
of the United States of certain swamp and
overHoWed lands, and to reimburse and in
aemniiy certain states. This bill was intro
duced by Mr spooner, and provides:
It shall be the duty Of the proper officers Of
and settle the claims of any state against the
United States for all lands which have been or
may hereafter be sold or otherwise disposed of
by the United States that were included in any
grant OF swampor overflow lands to such state
Ihat for all OF said lands in any state which
have credit for the full amount OF the purchase
money received by the United States as OF the
last day OF the year in which 1t were received
the indebtedness, if any, of such state to the
United States. and the balance less such sums
as NAV heretofore been paid or credited as
aforesaid shall be paid over to the said state
An amendment was made providing that
the amount returned in lieu of the lands
should be at the price per acre fixed by the
state for this land, and If the state had not
fixed price on it's land fair valuation
should be arranged between the United
States and the state to which the money
was to be paid
IN THE HOUSE.
Mr.: Henderson IN. C), from the committee
on elections, submitted report on the Indi-
ana contested election case of Kidd against
Steele. and it was laid over until Thursday
The report, which is unanimous, confirms
the right OF the contestee (Steele) to the
seat. 1t was ordered that the hour for the
daily meeting of the house shall be IL
o'clock
IN THE SENATE.
Sena tor Sherman resigned the Presi-
cency OF the Senate. 1t is thought that
Mr.. Hoar will succeed him.
The presiding officer presented a commu.
nlcation from the secretary of the interior
in reply to resolution inquring as to any
rule in the pension Office denying hearing
TO applicants who have applied to congress
for relief. The secretary encloses O COPY OF
the decision on that subject made by Assist
ant Secretary jerks in February, 1885, and
says that the matter had not been called to
his attention by appeal or otherwise.
THE DAILY vEToEs.
The presiding officer presented messages
from the president disappearing pension bills
tor kachel Ann P1errepOnt and Jacob Smith,
because like pensions had been granted to
them regularly through the pension office
antedating the period when pensions under
these special acts would take etfect also
pension bill for John Fineher on the ground
OF the absence OF disability. The presiding
officer presented mem orials from thirteen
posts OF the Grand Army of the Republic for
the passage of the dependent pension bill
over the presidents veto, and like memorials
were presented by other senator's The bill
to provide for the retirement of United
States legal tender and national bank notes
or small denominations and the issue of coin
certlflcates, was reported adversely. The
Dill making appropriations for the expenses
OF the government of the District OF Colum-
bia, and the bill making appropriations for
the military academy, passed. The senate
took up the house bill to enlarge the powers
and duties OF the department Of agriculture,
be known as the department of agriculture
and labor. and was addressed by Mr.. Miller
in explanation and advocacy of it, The bill
went over as unfinished business. The house
amendments to the sundry civil bill were
presented and were disagreed to in bulk and
conference asked
THE LOWER HOUSE
Mr. Bland, as privileged question, called
up the vetoed bill increasing the pension of
John W. Farris. He bore testimony from
personal knowledge of the claimant to the
merit OF the claim and asked that the house
pass the bill over the veto. The house re-
fused to do this-yeas 1872, nays 93 The
house resumed in committee of the whole
the consideration of senate amendments to
the sundry civil appropriation bill. The
recomm endations OF the committee having
been adopted. q conference was ordered.
whole on the senate amendments to the
postotfice bill. The only section not con-
CURED in was the one approprlating $780,
900 for the transportation of foreign mails
by American steamships TO Southern and
Central America and Brazil. Mr.. Burrows
moved concurrence and spoke in favor OF
his motion. Pending further debate, the
committee rose, and the house adopted reso-
lutions of regret at the death of Senator
Pike of New Hampshire, after several eulo-
gies had been delivered
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23-Petitions in very
large numbers from Grand Army posts. ask
ing for the passage of the dependent pension
bill over the presidents veto, were presented
from Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Con-
nectlcut, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, New
York, Iowa and Maine conference report
on the pension appropriation bill was pre-
sented and agreed to. The senate took up
she pleuro-pneumonia bill. Mr.. Mcpherson
moved to postpone it till Tomorrow and to
proceed to consideration of the house Joint
resolution for the investigation of the Pa
cihc railroad. The motion was defeated
yeas ~, nays 31-a strict party vote, except
that Mr. Van Wyck voted with the Demo
Gratis IN the affirmative. Mr.. Hoar gave
notice that he would tomorrow ask the SEN
ute to assign a time-probably , o'clock
Friday-for the consideration of the Pacific
railroad inquiry bill. Mr.: FRYE made an ap-
peal to the senate to consider message from
the president vetOing the bill that would
allow arrearages of pension to B. s. Hopkins,
Maine volunteer He described the case
as remarkable exceptional one and said
that the president had not the information
which he Frye) now gave the senate. Mr.
Cockrell said:
The facts, If made known to the pension
bureau, would have justified an allowance Of the
arrearages OF pension: and il they had been
brought to the attention of the president he
would not have vetoed the bill. \ &s ssss8 =
The bill was passed over the veto BY a
vote of SO to 6. The six nays were Messrs
Beck, Berry, Blackburn, Coke, Harris and
Vance. @ ~ 3 - # SS ~
N y THE REPRESENTATIVES s
4 Z The conference report on the bill relating
to the close of the mackereI season was
adopSed. The house went into committee
Of the whole on the senate amendments to
the posJoh1ce ropriation bill. A long de-
bate took place on the amendment appro-
priatlng $500, 900 for mail service with